Mistress Relocation Program
May 10, 2008
VIA KI: Almost as a side note to yet another acid-attack story, Everyday says that In Soklyda, Cambodia’s 2003 Ms Tourism International contestant, has been missing since May 3. In Soklyda’s aunt, Ya Soknim, was presumably involved.
The aunt of former tourism beauty pageant In Soklyda was the victim of an acid attack which burnt half of her body at 10:00 AM on 08 May 2008, in front of the RAC organization medical clinic, located along Street No. 432, Tuol Tompoung commune, Chamcar Mon district, Phnom Penh city. Local news media reported that the acid attack took place after the 24-year-old In Soklyda disappeared. In Soklyda was the 5th runner up for the tourism beauty pageant, among 32 candidates from countries participating in this past competition.
Behind every murdered and/or disfigured pop starlet typically lies a powerful government official. So the question is, whose girlfriend was she?
UPDATE: In the weekend edition The Cambodia Daily helps clarify some of the confusion. While details are still sketchy, the aunt, Ya Soknim, is not believed to be involved in the disappearance of In Soklyda. Instead, Ya Soknim has apparently been blamed for breaking up In Soklyda and her powerful government official boyfriend. Ya Soknim has been acid attacked as retribution. As for In Soklyda, the Daily gives the impression that she is in hiding from an ex-boyfriend who threatened to slaughter her whole family should she spurn his affections.
Perhaps In Soklyda has been saved in this instance. At least for now. Against such a horrifying backdrop, the monogamy law doesn’t seem so draconian. In most cases in the past it’s been the jealous wives behind such horrendous attacks. This time it’s the spurned boyfriend. The name of the official in question is still hush-hush. But these things seldom remain secrets for long. He should be made an example of.
May 11, 2008 at 3:17 am
Very sad to hear the violence amount women in cambodia. Women are the monther of the country should show love, care and protected children, not the jelourse and revenge against other women. Women should teached young children hornor and respected one an other. please show some love to other human been.
May 16, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Check this out: Shake Girl – a Graphic Novel
Stanford @ http://www.stanford.edu/group/cwstudents/shakegirl/index.html or http://shakegirl.stanford.edu
From boingboing.net @ http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/09/stanford-creative-wr.html
Tom sez, “Our Stanford Creative Writing class wrote and illustrated a 224 page Graphic Novel this past quarter, and now it’s up on the web. The story concerns the phenomenon of acid attacks in Cambodia, especially against women. We made the Graphic Novel in 6 weeks, with a collaboration among 17 students in creative writing, art, and design.”